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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kantuɨll

 This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cantēlla, *cantēla, from Latin candēla.[1] Parallel borrowing with Old Irish caindel.

Noun edit

*kantuɨll m

  1. candle
  2. light

Descendants edit

  • Middle Breton: cantoell
  • Old Cornish: cantuil
  • Middle Welsh: canhwyll

References edit

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 236
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